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Max and I just returned from a short but sweet few days in and around Traverse City, Michigan, where he did a couple of Freshman in the Kitchen events. On the drive up, I noticed signs for at least three Michigan counties named after Irish ones–Roscommon, Wexford, and Antrim–which made me smile.
On Thursday evening, [...]

For the past few weeks, I have been spending my Friday mornings around the corner at the Selma Café. “Selma” actually stands for the Soule-Eberwhite-Lutz-Madison-Affiliation, an Old West Side Ann Arbor neighborhood association, whose purpose is to “provide a forum for neighbors to come together and exchange information, ideas, goods, and services in order [...]

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At long last! Yesterday was the day for Max and Eli’s long-awaited appearance on The TODAY Show with Hoda and Kathi Lee to promote their new cookbook, Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef. They were fantastic! It [...]

I was delighted to read the article “Belfast Dines Out on the Good Times” by Colman Andrews in this month’s edition of Gourmet magazine (which I believe may only be available in the print).  Luckily both Max and Eve have subscriptions or I may have missed it.
Unfortunately, my current favorite, Molly’s Yard, did not [...]

Just read an article in Max’s New Scientist (September 20-26, 2008) that he brought my attention to due to its mention of the Patten Commission and policing in the north of Ireland.  The article is called “Shoot but not to kill” and is by psychology and human behaviour journalist Michael Bond.
Bond’s article is a brief [...]

That’s right!  The September 2008 edition of the Washtenaw Jewish News features an interview by yours truly with local chefs Max and Eli Sussman about their new cookbook, Freshman in the Kitchen: From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef.  The full text of the article, “Become a creative chef with new local cookbook” will eventually be [...]

Was feeling a bit down earlier (perhaps a bit of an understatement?), until a certain someone sent me this:

Yes, you read it right.  I’ve taken a long road to get here (some might call it a circle, but I’m not sure), but here I am, and there I was last Wednesday evening at Bacon! with Ari at Zingerman’s Deli in Ann Arbor.  In a word: delicious!  It was my first tasting at Zingerman’s, [...]

On Monday Max and I picked up a final edition of the new cookbook that he and Eli wrote–it’s beautiful!! The book will debut on August 15th, but you can pre-order copies by going to the Freshman in the Kitchen website right now. The picture above is in the book, as are one [...]